GLOSSES Synonyms

• a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather

• long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• (nautical) breadth amidships

• the broad side of a ship

• a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts

• smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression

• emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

• express with a beaming face or smile

• broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily

• to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

• amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill

• a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

• a momentary brightness

• a short vivid experience

• a sudden brilliant understanding

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• a gaudy outward display

• a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

• a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

• a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification

• a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

• tastelessly showy

• gleam or glow intermittently

• appear briefly

• display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

• make known or cause to appear with great speed

• run or move very quickly or hastily

• expose or show briefly

• protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal

• emit a brief burst of light

• a momentary flash of light

• North American woodpecker

• the act of moving back and forth

• move back and forth very rapidly

• shine unsteadily

• flash intermittently

• an appearance of reflected light

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• be shiny, as if wet

• shine brightly, like a star or a light

• to shine with faint or brief light

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding

• shine brightly, like a star or a light

• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

• be shiny, as if wet

• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

• the occurrence of a small flash or spark

• be shiny, as if wet

• an alert and refreshed state

• light from nonthermal sources

• the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

• a feeling of considerable warmth

• a steady even light without flames

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• an appearance of reflected light

• emit a steady even light without flames

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• shine intensely, as if with heat

• be exuberant or high-spirited

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence

• arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

• having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies

• send out rays or waves

• send out real or metaphoric rays; the children radiated joyous energy

• extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• issue or emerge in rays or waves

• spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate

• manifest or bring back

• reflect deeply on a subject

• to throw or bend back (from a surface)

• be bright by reflecting or casting light

• show an image of

• give evidence of a certain behavior

• give evidence of the quality of

• give off

• reflect brightly

• emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

• fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon

• be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity

• a weak and tremulous light

• shine with a weak or fitful light

• give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

• the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

• be bright by reflecting or casting light

• emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

• be shiny, as if wet

• be distinguished or eminent

• be clear and obvious

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• throw or flash the light of (a lamp)

• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• make (a surface) shine

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• the occurrence of a small flash or spark

• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

• reflect brightly

• be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity

• emit or produce sparks

• become bubbly or frothy or foaming

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• gleam or glow intermittently

• emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

• having or capable of producing colors

• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

• interest and variety and intensity

• the timbre of a musical sound

• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

• any material used for its color

• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

• add color to

• affect as in thought or feeling

• modify or bias

• decorate with colors

• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

• change color, often in an undesired manner

• having or capable of producing colors

• any material used for its color

• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

• interest and variety and intensity

• the timbre of a musical sound

• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

• modify or bias

• decorate with colors

• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

• affect as in thought or feeling

• add color to

• change color, often in an undesired manner